Railroad spike



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uw. JONES ET Al.

RAILROAD SPIKE Filed Aug. 31, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Llune ld, lQZZ".

lilltll'l lil onAELEs w. JONES, or montrons, ann sonner soa-non, or enENaLLEn, VIRGINIA.

snipsnap SPIKE.

Application filed August 3]., 192.

rlhis invention relates to railroad spikes of the type disclosed in our prior Patent No. 1,059,875y ied April 22, 1915. Y @ne object ot the invention is to provide a spike which n i be driven into a tie aid lirn'ily anchor a. rail thereto but at the saine tiine permitted to he easily withdrawn when reinoval or adjirtinent ot a rail is necessary. Another object oi" the invention is to ay have iirin ict the spikeithat it i wing engage-nient either with rail r nsi plate carried hy a fail and overlying; its hase.

Another object ot the invention is to per-- init the spike. to be embedded in a tie and prevent it from having` rnoveinent therein which would perinit a rail to work loose and creep or spread.

panying' drawings, wherein Figure l is a view showing` a rail andl a portion ot a tie in section with the improved spikes driven into the tie and securing` the rail thereto;

2 is a view showing the improved spike in iront elevation;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the spike taken on the line 3 3 of Fie'. 2;

Fig. l is a view in side elevation illustrating' a inodilied torni ofspike;

F ig. 5 is a front elevation of the spike shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. G is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. Ll;

Fig. is a side elevation ot another inedik lied torni ot spike;

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the spike shown in Fig. 7, and

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 9-9 ot 7.

The spike, which is illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3, includes the usual shank l which is tapered at its lower end so that it may be readily driven into a tie. At its upper end the shank carries a head 2 which projects forwardly and rearwardly from the shank to provide hills 3 and fl and also projects troni the sides of the shank to provide overhanging shoulders 5. Referring to Fig.` 3, it will be seen that the shoulders 5 extend upwardly at an outward incline and also converge towards the tree ends of the bills 3 and 4 in order to permit the head of the spike to he lirmly engaged by the claws of serial No. laaste.

tudinally of the shank and project transversely therefrom. VThese wings are ot less l 0ththan the shank and formed with ta- Il' pered lower ends so that they inay readily er a tie when the spike is driven into it.

ine wings are also ot less thickness than t' spike, aselearly shown in Fig. l, and

the l en' upper ends are vformed with heads 7' nded forwardly but not projecting beyon-d the front face ot' the shank. Referring y to Fig. l.. it will be seen that the lower i'aces oi' the head .7 extend :forwardly atan upward inclineand in the saine plane as the-under 'tace oit the bill 3, whereas the under tace of. the bill 41 extends above the plane ot the upper faces ol' the heads L These heads 7 have their upper faces curved longitudinally and spaced below the shoulders 5 so that the claws ot an ertracting,` bar inay engage the under faces of the shoulders and the bar easily rocked to extract `the spike.

lWhen the spike shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 is in use, a rail 8 is placed upon its supporting ties, one of which is shown in l and indicated hy the numeral 9, fish plates may he applied to the rails' and bolted thereto in the usual manner. @ne ot the lish plates re'lerred to is shown at the right of the rail in Fig. l and indicated hy the nuineral l0, but it will be understood that, in actual practicea ish plates would be applied to both sides of the rail when used, When a fish plate is employed, the spike will be driven into the tie, as shown at the right in Fig. l, with a portion ot its shank passing through registering recesses torined in the ish plate and base ot the rail. The spike is driven tightly into the tie and, when in place, the Y lower tace ot its downwardly thickened hill 3 and the lower vfaces of the heads 7 engage the uppertace of the rail base-engaging portion of the fish plate. They rail will, therefore, be very lirinly spiked head 7, the spike may be very firmly embedded inthe tie and tightly grip the rail,

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vlation thereto between the shoulders 5 and the longitudinally curved upper faces of the head 7. rlChe bar may then be swung downwardly to impart an upward movement to its claws and the claws will engage the shoulders 5 and draw the spike upwardly out of the tie.

The spike which is illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and G is very similar to that shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and includes a shank 11 carrying a head 12 and side wings 13. The wings 13 are formed with forwardly projecting heads 1i having longitudinally curved upper faces. At their forward ends the heads are flush with ,the front face of the shank so that the heads and front face of the shank may engage a side edge face of the rail base for an appreciable distance and irmly brace the rail against transverse movement. The head 12 0f the spike projects forwardly to provide a bill 15 adapted to overlie the rail base and the hea-d also extends transversely in overhanging relation to the heads 14 with its side faces 16 under cut and converging towards the end of the bill so that the head of the spike may be firmly gripped by the claws of an extracting rlhis spike will securely hold a rail upon a tie but is not reversible.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the spike illustrated is very similar to the one shown in Figs. el, 5 and 6 and includes a shank 17 carrying a head 18 which projects forwardly to form a bill 19 and is provided with forwardly ta pered lunder cut sides to provide a shoulder 20. rlhe side wings 21 which project transversely from the shank have their forward bases flush with the front face of the shank instead of their rear faces being iiush with the rear face'of the shank, and these wings are formed with transversely curved upper edge faces instead of being provided with heads. lt should be noted that in each form illustrated the faces of the side wings which project from the sides of the shank at sub.- stantially right angles thereto are rounded into the adjacent side faces of the shank so that,` when the spike is driven into a tie, the wood will have very close fitting engagenient with the spike and a very firm grip ol tained upon the spike to prevent it from easily working loose.

Having thus described the invention, we claim:

A spike comprising a shank, a head for said shank having a rail-engaging bill projecting forwardly from the shank and side portions projecting from opposite sides of the shank, and wings extending longitudinally of said shank at opposite sides thereof and projecting transversely therefrom with their rear faces flush with the rear Vface of the sha-nk, said wings having their upper ends formed with heads spaced below the projecting side portions of the head of said shank with their forward ends terminating flush with the front rail-'engaging face of the shank.

In testimony whereof we afx our ysignatures.

i CHARLES W. JONES. [Ls] ROBERT R. GQRDON. [n s] 

